3 posts from February 2009

The best thing to happen to me in a long time.

Most, if not all of you who read this blog, know that I am oddly allergic to sesame and sesame products (including oil), despite being, well, Asian. Recently, Ilya brought home this product from my new favorite grocery store, Trader Joe's.

Since then, I have been eating hummus non-stop. Yesterday, I bought pita bread and experienced that snack that people used to wave in my face, laughing cruelly, "hummus and pita! Ha ha! You can't have this!"

Now I can. And I know what I was missing. What a delicious and delightful spread!

This conversation happened today, as Ilya and I were walking down Michigan Avenue from the Field Museum, where we spent Valentine's Day:

Me: "Look! Crows!"

Him: "Beautiful!...Do you know what a bunch of crows is called?"

Me: "Um, a crow gang?"

Him: "Close. Do you know what a bunch of fish is called?"

Me: "A school."

Him: "...And a bunch of geese?"

Me: "A gaggle!"

Him: "So what about a bunch of crows?"

Me: "I don't know! What..?"

Him: "Murder."

Me: "Murder what?"

Him: "A murder of crows."

Me: "Seriously?"

Him: "Seriously."

Me: "Do crows eat people?"

Him: "Yes. They eat people."

That's my sister taking the photo, to the far left, and then me, flying.